Earthquakes in Vertemate con Minoprio
Seismic activity in the surroundings
30 km radiusINGV catalogue epicentres of the last ~12 years, within the given radius from the town centre.
How seismic is this area?
The quietest class: the probability of strong earthquakes is very low.
Official Civil Protection classification (upd. 2025), used for building codes.
Hazard describes the long-term expected shaking: it is not a forecast. Technical value: ag = 0.041 g (10% probability of exceedance in 50 years, rigid soil).
Why the ground rarely shakes here
Vertemate con Minoprio sits in one of the most stable areas of Italy: far from the boundary between the Eurasian and African plates, on ancient, rigid crust that hardly accumulates tectonic stress any more.
That is why earthquakes here are rare and almost always weak: a small geological privilege.
The “area” is Vertemate con Minoprio plus nearby towns.
The seismic history of Vertemate con Minoprio
The earthquakes that were actually felt in Vertemate con Minoprio over the centuries, with the intensity observed on site (Mercalli MCS scale).
- 2000NF21 August 2000
Imperceptible: only instruments record it.
Monferrato earthquake (M4.9), epicentre 106 km away · observed at Vertemate con Minoprio (Vertemate)
- 1991NF20 November 1991
Imperceptible: only instruments record it.
Grigioni, Vaz earthquake (M4.7), epicentre 117 km away · observed at Vertemate con Minoprio (Vertemate)
Source: Italian Macroseismic Database DBMI15 (INGV, CC BY 4.0).
The great earthquakes in this area's history
Almost a thousand years of catalogues: the strongest documented events within ~50 km.
Source: Parametric Catalogue of Italian Earthquakes CPTI15 (INGV, CC BY 4.0).
The closest seismic structure
The town lies about 23 km from Western S-Alps internal thrust, one of the seismic structures mapped by INGV geologists.
Faults are mapped to build better and understand the territory: knowing them says nothing about when an earthquake will occur, which remains unpredictable. Source: DISS 3.3 (INGV, CC BY 4.0).
Area over time
Earthquake map
1 eventsEarthquakes in the area
Nearby towns
How does it compare with the surroundings?
Vertemate con Minoprio is among the quietest towns of its province: very few epicentres are recorded here.
Each quake is attributed to the town closest to its epicentre: the numbers describe the area, not the municipal territory alone.
Context
Province of Como0 events · 30gLombardy region11 events · 30gFrequently asked questions
Were there earthquakes today in Vertemate con Minoprio?
No, no quakes were recorded today in the Vertemate con Minoprio area: the latest nearby dates back to 114 months ago.
Is Vertemate con Minoprio a seismic area?
Vertemate con Minoprio is classified in seismic zone 4 by the Civil Protection. The quietest class: the probability of strong earthquakes is very low.
What was the strongest earthquake near Vertemate con Minoprio?
In the last ~12 years of INGV data, the strongest within 30 km of Vertemate con Minoprio was magnitude 3.8, in 2020.
When was the last quake near Vertemate con Minoprio?
The last quake recorded within 30 km of Vertemate con Minoprio was 27 months ago.
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Data: INGV — National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (CC-BY 4.0)